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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

„The Last Time I Saw Paris“ is a 1954 tragic romance film directed by Richard Brooks. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Richard Brooks is loosely based on the 1930 short story „Babylon Revisited.“ by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel – until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

Cast:

  • Elizabeth Taylor – Helen Ellswirth
  • Van Johnson – Charles Wills
  • Walter Pidgeon – James Ellswirth
  • Donna Reed – Marion Ellswirth
  • Eva Gabor – Lorraine Quarl
  • Kurt Kasznar – Maurice
  • George Dolenz – Claude Matine
  • Roger Moore – Paul Lind
  • Sandy Descher – Vicki
  • Celia Lovsky – Mama
  • Peter Leeds – Barney
  • John Doucette – Campbell
  • Odette Myrtil – Singer
  • Richard Emory – American Officer
  • Ed Hinton – American Officer
  • James Hyland – American Officer
  • Don Kennedy – American Officer
  • Steve Mitchell – American Officer
  • Dick Simmons – American Officer
  • Steve Wayne – American Officer
  • Manuel París – Art Salesman
  • Louis Mercier – Author
  • Jacqueline Allen – Background Singer
  • Danny Borzage – Bar Patron
  • Peter Camlin – Bit Role
  • Christian Pasques – Boy
  • Hal Bell – Cafe Patron
  • Herman Belmonte – Cafe Patron
  • Tex Brodus – Cafe Patron
  • Paul Cristo – Ceremony Guest
  • Ken DuMain – Ceremony Guest
  • Joel Friend – Ceremony Guest
  • Fay Roope – City Editor
  • Joe Rubino – Clerk
  • Jean Del Val – Doctor
  • Maurice Marks – Doctor
  • Peter Bourne – Dutch Soldier
  • Thomas Browne Henry – Editor
  • John Farrow – English Officer
  • Harry Cody – Englishman
  • Matt Moore – Englishman
  • Paul Power – Englishman
  • Josette Deegan – Fighting Girl
  • Mary Ann Hawkins – Fighting Girl
  • Gilda Fontana – Flamenco Dancer
  • Luis Urbina – Flamenco Dancer
  • Tim Cagney – French Boy
  • Norman Dupont – French Officer
  • Albert D’Arno – French Soldier
  • Tao Porchon – Frenchwoman
  • Gene Coogan – Gendarme
  • Max Barwyn – German Man
  • Maya Van Horn – German Woman
  • Danik Patisson – Girl
  • Paul Dubov – Helen’s Escort
  • Gabriel Curtiz – Kissing Man
  • Jean Heremans – Leon, Bartender
  • Bruno VeSota – Lithuanian Man
  • John Damler – Masked Man
  • Murray Pollack – Minor Role
  • Loulette Sablon – Nurse
  • Ann Codee – Nurse
  • Louise Colombet – Nurse Crillon
  • Alvin Greenman – Pants Presser
  • Alberto Morin – Pareel
  • Don Anderson – Party Guest
  • Paul Bradley – Party Guest
  • Roy Damron – Party Guest
  • Jay Eaton – Party Guest
  • James Gonzalez – Party Guest
  • Dick Gordon – Party Guest
  • Stuart Hall – Party Guest
  • Angela Stevens – Pert Young Girl
  • Lomax Study – Photographer
  • Leonidas Ossetynski – Polish Man
  • Arthur Dulac – Proprietor
  • Charles Cirillo – Racetrack Patron
  • Anthony Redondo – Racetrack Patron
  • Paul McGuire – Reporter
  • Marcel De la Brosse – Waiter

„Damals in Paris“ (The Last Time I Saw Paris) ist ein tragischer Liebesfilm von 1954 unter der Regie von Richard Brooks. Das Drehbuch von Julius J. Epstein und Richard Brooks basiert lose auf der Kurzgeschichte „Babylon Revisited“ von F. Scott Fitzgerald aus dem Jahr 1930.

Der Reporter Charles Wills, der in Paris über das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs berichtet, verliebt sich in die schöne Helen Ellswirth, nachdem er kurz mit ihrer Schwester Marion geflirtet hat. Nachdem er und Helen geheiratet haben, verfolgt Charles seine schriftstellerischen Ambitionen, während er seine neue Braut mit einem todbringenden Job bei einem Zeitungsdienst unterstützt. Doch als eine alte Investition die Familie plötzlich reich macht, beginnt ihre Ehe zu zerbrechen - bis eine plötzliche Tragödie alles verändert.